NETGEAR's RangeMax Wireless Router and ioSafe Solo Hard Drive

Adding USB external storage to your existing network is simple offers many benefits to all users of the network.

The NETGEAR RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router delivers great wireless performance for home and small business networking operations. With separate Wireless-N access points for media/gaming and data (photos, video, etc), and concurrent Dual Band N, you get reliable connections for HD media streaming, gaming, and the best Internet bandwidth. Featuring four gigabit Ethernet ports enabling maximum wired speeds, this high performance router is an ideal solution for the connected home with multiple computers and network enabled gadgets running multiple applications at the same time.

The ioSafe Solo fireproof waterproof USB external hard drive can be combined with the NETGEAR's RangeMax Dual Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router (WNDR3700) to create a safe place on any home network for all users to store data.

How to Make a USB External Hard Drive into NAS

Have you ever wondered how you can use your external hard drive as Network Attached Storage (NAS)? The process really isn't that complex and with a few pieces and parts you can easily backup to a 'brand new' NAS device (or pseudo-NAS device:)

One of the easiest ways of connecting USB hard drives, external drives or a thumb drive to the network is with Belkin's N+ Wireless ADSL2+ Modem-Router. With this simple plug and play device you can store and share media content, photos, digital music and video files from the USB hard drive to every computer on the network. The N+ router is based on the draft 802.11n 2.0 technology which provides the wireless range to easily cover a large home or office

Another easy way to make your USB hard drive into a NAS is with the LinkSys Dual-N Band Wireless Router. This award winning USB to NAS router has been touted by PC Advisor as a Best Buy and by Laptop Magazine as Editors Choice. This Cisco/LinkSys router is made for for speed and optimized for media. Music, movies, gaming: whatever you’re into, Dual-N Band Wireless Router delivers double the bandwidth and media-optimized performance so you can enjoy it more smoothly, with less lag, all around your home. Easy to use and setup, this router also includes a Mac computer setup wizard.

When you take a look at a USB desktop drive versus the NAS storage there are pros and cons to each type of storage. However with the addition of network wireless router you can easily make the conversion and not hurt your wallet too much.